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This paper examines the concept of peace at the individual, collective and inter-collective levels. It does so by addressing three central questions: First, how is peace defined and what is its nature? Is it a natural condition or an artificially constructed one? Second, does it differ at the individual, collective and inter-collective levels? And third, can peace stand on its own as a means of policy relative to diplomacy and war? In essence, can peace be waged? The author argues that a complex paradigmatic change in statecraft must occur in order to employ peace as a 'shaping' and sustaining action.